OFF: ALL HEIL THE _BEER_

Ted Jackson jr. 6L6 tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU
Fri Dec 5 08:08:32 EST 1997


> From:          Hoarse Whisperer <beautiful_foot at HOTMAIL.COM>

> >>> Imagine a country the size of
> >>>Connecticut with over 350 brands of beer?
> >>
> >> Ah now that sounds like home.  Only all 350 of them are flat,
> lukewarm
> >> and named in a very strange manner...Old Peculiar, The Dogs Bollocks,
> >> Bishop's Crook, etc...
> >
> >     No, those are _English_ beers ("Peculier", BTW)
>
> I could never read to well after a few jars, so forgive my typo.
>
> > and they were
> >discussing _Belgian_ beers ...
> >
> >     Mind you, on average English beer is pretty good :)
>
>
> Ooops.  I musta thought Connecticut is bigger than it actually is.
> Interesting Beer Festival we had here in Belfast a couple of months
> back, though, several genuinely foreign beers slipped in and astounded
> most of those in my party by actually having a taste.
> Why does the taste of Real Ale always remind me of abandoned windmills?
>
> Chris.
>
It's early yet, but I was referring to Belgium as a beer paradise.
Lots of their beers are served cold, at least the 'blonde' or
'blanche' ones.  The 'brun' varieties are warmer...




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